abbreviation:
n. [약어가] shortening something by omitting parts of it | abolish:
v. [폐지가] cancel; put an end to; destroy completely |
aboriginal:
a. [원주민] being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native | abound:
v. [풍부하] be full of; be plentiful |
abrasion:
n. [마모] scratch; friction; the process of rubbing away the surface of something | abridge:
v. [줄여] condense; shorten; reduce length of written text |
abundance:
n. [풍요] great or plentiful amount; fullness to overflowing | accelerate:
v. [가속] move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected |
acclaim:
v. [주목] applaud; announce with great approval | accommodation:
n. [숙박 시설] living quarters provided for public convenience; something that meets a need; convenience |
accord:
n. [협정] settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states | accumulate:
v. [축적] pile up; collect; mount up; increase |
accuser:
n. [지목] one who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault | acquaint:
v. [산성] inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar |
adept:
a. [주특기] expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | adhere:
v. [준수] stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with |
adjacent:
a. [인접] adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near | adjoin:
v. [인접] be next to; be contiguous to; border on |
administrate:
v. [하는걸] administer; supply; supervise or be in charge of | adolescence:
n. [사춘기] state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; transitional period between youth and maturity |
advent:
n. [도래] coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important | adverse:
a. [불리한] in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose |
aerial:
a. [항공] of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air | aesthetic:
a. [미학] elegant or tasteful; of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste |
affiliate:
v. [제휴 등록] associate; cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another | affirm:
v. [긍정] state something as true; assert; confirm |
affix:
v. [접사] fasten; append; add on; secure to something | afflict:
v. [괴롭히다] cause pain, suffering, or distress |
aggregate:
v. [골재] gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to | agitation:
n. [동요] anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance |
agreeable:
a. [매력] ready to consent or submit; acceptable | airing:
a. [방송] exposure to air for freshening or drying; exposure to public attention; radio or television broadcast |
albeit:
ad. [는건] even though; although; notwithstanding | allege:
v. [주장] state without proof; assert to be true |
alleviate:
v. [경감] provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part | allocate:
v. [할당] assign; distribute according to plan |
allot:
v. [할당] parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot | alloy:
v. [합금] combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate |
alphabetical:
a. [가나다순] arranged in customary order of the letters of a language | ambiguity:
n. [모호함] state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty |
ambiguous:
a. [모호한] unclear or doubtful in meaning | amend:
v. [수정] change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors |
amid:
ad. [가운데] in the middle of; among; surrounded by | amidst:
ad. [가운데] amid; in the middle of; among |
amplify:
v. [증폭] broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase | analyse:
v. [분석] resolve anything complex into its elements; separate into parts for examination of each separately |
analytical:
a. [분석] of analysis; resolving into elements or parts | ancestor:
n. [조상] forefather; forebear; forerunner or predecessor |
anecdote:
n. [일화] a short account of the amusing or interesting event; short narrative; a secret story of history or biography | annihilate:
v. [몰살] destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence |
annuity:
n. [연금] annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year | antagonism:
n. [대립] active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor |
antarctic:
a. [남극] opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or the region near it | anthology:
n. [선집] book of literary selections by various authors |
apologetic:
a. [사과] offering or expressing an apology or excuse; serving as or containing a formal justification or defense | apparatus:
n. [기구] a group of parts that work together to perform a given function; appliance, or device for a particular purpose |
append:
v. [추가] attach; add as supplement or appendix | appliance:
n. [어플 라 이언스] durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use |
applicant:
n. [신청] candidate; a person who formally requests something, especially a job | appraisal:
n. [평가] assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth |
appreciable:
a. [감지할 수있을 정도의] large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible | apprentice:
n. [도제] works for an expert to learn a trade; beginner; learner |
approximate:
v. [대략] come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount | apt:
a. [쉽다] likely; precisely suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand |
aquatic:
a. [수산물] consisting of, relating to, or being in the water | arbitrary:
a. [임의] randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle |
archaic:
a. [고풍의] no longer current or applicable; antiquated | ardent:
a. [열렬한] displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate |
arduous:
a. [험난할] demanding great effort or labor; difficult | armour:
n. [갑옷] defensive covering, as of metal, wood, or leather, worn to protect the body against weapons |
arouse:
v. [자극] excite; stimulate; awaken from or as if from sleep | array:
v. [배열] set out for display or use; place in orderly arrangement |
ascend:
v. [오르다] move up or climb something; mount | ascent:
n. [이던데] upward slope or grade; movement upward |
ascertain:
v. [확인하다] find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of | ascribe:
v. [돌리다] inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality |
aspiration:
n. [열망] ambition; something that you hope to achieve | aspire:
v. [이 열망] seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end |
assert:
v. [주장] declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly | assorted:
a. [모듬] varied; consisting of various types mixed together |
astound:
v. [놀라게] affect with wonder; surprise; shock | attain:
v. [이르다] achieve or accomplish; gain |
attribute:
n. [속성] essential quality; reputation; honor | audible:
a. [청취] perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear |
augment:
v. [확대] make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity | authoritative:
a. [권위] weighting authority; peremptory and dictatorial |
automate:
v. [자동화] replace or enhance human labor with machines | automation:
n. [자동화] the use of machines and computers that can operate without needing human control |
autonomy:
n. [자치] independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination | auxiliary:
a. [보조] helper, additional or subsidiary |
avail:
v. [소용] turn to the advantage of; be of service to; profit; promote | avert:
v. [막기] prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away |
aviation:
n. [항공] art or science of flying; flight; aeronautics | axis:
n. [축] the center around which something rotates; pivot |
badminton:
n. [배드민턴] game played on a court with light long-handled rackets | baffle:
v. [배��] frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of |
bamboo:
n. [대나무] plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries | barometer:
n. [기압계] an instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere |
barricade:
n. [바리케이드] hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle | barter:
v. [물물교환] trade goods or services without the exchange of money |
bead:
n. [구슬] small piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood that is pierced for stringing | beautician:
n. [미용사] one skilled in giving cosmetic treatments; one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments |
beneficial:
a. [이익] helpful; tending to promote physical well-being | berth:
n. [폭발] space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job |
beset:
v. [포위] attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in | bewilder:
v. [당황하게하다] lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes |
bibliography:
n. [조화] list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject | bilateral:
a. [깜박 사랑] two-sided; mutual; involving two groups or countries |
bilingual:
n. [굽힘] using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency | bitumen:
n. [바이어스] mineral pitch; black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame |
bloc:
n. [당원은] a group of nations, parties, or persons united for common action | blot:
n. [얼룩] spot or stain, as of ink on paper; blur; a weak point or failing |
blunder:
n. [이 끊긴] serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion | boast:
v. [자랑] show off oneself; speak of with excessive pride |
bookcase:
n. [책장] case with shelves for holding books, especially one with glazed doors | bookkeeper:
n. [경리] one who keeps accounts; one who has charge of keeping books and accounts in an office |
bookstall:
n. [헌책방] stall where books are sold, as on the street; table with enclosed sides, for displaying books for sale | boundary:
n. [경계] dividing line; border; frontier |
boycott:
v. [보이콧] refrain from buying or using | brashness:
n. [시주] characteristic of being brash; the trait of being rash and hasty; tasteless showiness |
brisk:
a. [상쾌] marked by speed, liveliness, and vigor; energetic; swift; keen or sharp in speech or manner | browse:
v. [브라 우즈] graze; skim or glance at casually |
bulge:
v. [팽창] cause to curve outward; swell up; stick out; protrude | bungalow:
n. [방갈로] small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic |
buoyant:
a. [탄력] able to float; cheerful and optimistic | bureaucracy:
n. [관료] over-regulated administrative system |
burrow:
n. [뚫으] tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; moving through by or as by digging | bustle:
v. [소동] move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem |
calamity:
n. [재앙] the event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery | calcium:
n. [칼슘] silvery, moderately hard metallic element |
calorie:
n. [칼로리] unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree | canteen:
n. [수통] a vessel used by soldiers for carrying water or other drinks; snack bar or small cafeteria |
caption:
n. [자막] title; chapter heading; text under illustration | carcass:
n. [시체가] the dead body of an animal, especially one slaughtered and dressed for food |
catalyst:
n. [polemical] an agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged | caustic:
a. [가성] capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action |
censor:
n. [검열] overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content | centenary:
a. [백주년] relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years |
certify:
v. [보증] give certain information to; assure; make certain | characterize:
v. [특성] distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of |
chasm:
n. [감퇴] deep opening in the earth surface | chaste:
a. [정숙] morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest |
chore:
n. [자질구레한 일] a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | chronological:
a. [연대순] arranged in order of time of occurrence |
circulate:
v. [순환] move through space, circuit, or system, returning to the starting point | circumference:
n. [원주] the boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object |
cite:
v. [인용] quote; adduce as an instance | clasp:
n. [버클] fastening device; firm grip |
classify:
v. [분류] declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories | clockwise:
ad. [시계] in the direction that the hands of a clock move |
cluster:
n. [클러스터] group; bunch; group of the same or similar elements gathered or occurring closely | coarse:
a. [거친] rough; harsh; of low, common, or inferior quality |
coeducation:
n. [제일] system of education in which both men and women attend the same institution or classes | cognitive:
a. [인지적] knowing or perceiving; part of mental functions that deals with logic |
coherent:
a. [코히어런트] adhesive; sticking together; capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner | coil:
n. [코일] a series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding; spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes |
coincide:
v. [일치] occur at the same time as; correspond | collaboration:
n. [협업] act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country |
collide:
v. [충돌] bump; hit something violently | combustible:
a. [가연성] capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited |
commemorate:
v. [기념] serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony | commend:
v. [추천] commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard |
commodity:
n. [상품] goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit | commonplace:
a. [일상] ordinary; having no remarkable features |
commute:
v. [출퇴근] obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; regularly travel from a place of residence to another place | commuter:
n. [주말] someone who regularly travels from home in a suburb to work in a city |
comparable:
a. [비교] similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy of being ranked with | compel:
v. [보상] force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force |
compile:
v. [컴파일] put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources | complement:
v. [보완] complete; consummate; make perfect |
compliance:
n. [컴플 라 이언스] readiness to yield; happy friendly agreement | compose:
v. [편지쓰기] write; create; make or create by putting together parts or elements |
composite:
a. [종합] made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded | compress:
v. [압축] close; squeeze or press together; contract |
comprise:
v. [구성] include; consist of; be composed of | compulsory:
a. [의무] mandatory; obligatory; required by rule |
compute:
v. [컴퓨팅] reckon; make a mathematical calculation | concerted:
a. [아래 공동] planned or accomplished together; combined |
concise:
a. [간결한] brief and compact; expressing much in few words | concoct:
v. [섞어서 만들다] digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition |
concurrent:
a. [동시] simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time | condense:
v. [응축] change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate |
condolence:
n. [조위] expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief. | confer:
v. [부여] bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over |
configuration:
n. [구성] arrangement of parts or elements; outline | confine:
v. [한정] restrict in movement; circumscribe |
conform:
v. [준수] comply with; follow; fit; meet | congestion:
n. [정체] act of gathering or heaping together or forming a mass |
congruent:
a. [합동] possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding | conscientious:
a. [양심] diligent; responsible; reliable |
consecutive:
a. [연속] following one after another without interruption; sequential | consequent:
a. [결과의] resulting; following as a logical conclusion |
conservation:
n. [절약] preservation or restoration from loss, damage, or neglect | conservatory:
n. [온실] greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art |
conserve:
v. [보존] retain; protect from loss or harm; preserve; use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste | consign:
v. [위탁] give, transfer, or deliver formally, as if by signing over into the possession of another |
consist:
v. [구성] be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in | consolidate:
v. [통합] make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm |
conspicuous:
a. [이채] noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious | constituent:
n. [구성] component or part; citizen, voter |
constitute:
v. [구성] make up; form something | constrain:
v. [제약] restrain; keep within close bounds; confine |
constrict:
v. [혈관] restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing | construct:
v. [건설] form by assembling or combining parts; build; create |
contaminate:
v. [오염] make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile | contemplate:
v. [명상] look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought |
contend:
v. [주장] strive in opposition; contest; dispute; struggle for | contention:
n. [경합] competing as for any profit or prize |
continuity:
n. [연속성] property of a continuous and connected period of time | contradict:
v. [반대] confront; state the opposite of what someone has said |
contradiction:
n. [모순] the assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement; opposition, whether by argument or conduct | contrive:
v. [꾸미다] form by an exercise of ingenuity; invent or design |
convene:
v. [소집] cause to come together formally | converge:
v. [수렴] approach; tend to meet; come together |
converse:
v. [대화] chat; talk informally; engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts | conversely:
ad. [반송] in a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally. |
correlate:
v. [상관 관계] relate; associate; bring into a mutual relation | correspond:
v. [해당] be compatible, similar or consistent; exchange messages |
correspondence:
n. [통신] similarity or analogy; communication by the exchange of letters | correspondent:
a. [특파원] one who communicates information, especially, by letter or telegram to newspaper or periodical |
corresponding:
a. [해당] accompanying; analogous or equivalent in character, form, or function; comparable | cosmopolitan:
a. [madrigal] sophisticated; of worldwide scope |
cosy:
n. [아늑한] padded or knitted covering placed especially over a teapot to keep the tea hot; cozy | counterbalance:
v. [보상] act as force or influence that balances, checks, or limits an opposite one |
counterpart:
n. [대응] duplicate copy; one that closely resembles another | crater:
n. [분화구] a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano |
crease:
n. [포복 절도] a line or long thin mark made by folding or doubling | criterion:
n. [임계] standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test |
crouch:
v. [왕관] bend down; stoop low; lie close to the ground with the legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey or in fear | culminate:
v. [절정에 달하다] reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to the summit |
cultivate:
v. [육성] improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of | cumbersome:
a. [성가신] heavy; difficult to handle because of weight or bulk |
cumulative:
a. [누적] increasing by successive addition | curriculum:
n. [커리큘럼] the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college; course or program |
curtail:
v. [축소] cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part | custodian:
n. [보관] a person who has responsibility for or looks after something; guardian |
deadlock:
n. [교착] standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate | dearth:
n. [부족] scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops |
decompose:
v. [분해하다] decay, or to cause something to decay | decrease:
v. [감소] lessen; reduce; make a quantity smaller |
decrepit:
a. [노쇠한] weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use | deduce:
v. [연역] lead forth; conclude by reasoning; trace the origin or derivation of |
deduct:
v. [공제] lead forth or out; take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; subtract | deem:
v. [간주할] decide; judge; sentence; condemn |
default:
n. [기본] failure to act; an option that is selected automatically | defer:
v. [연기] delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time |
defiance:
n. [도전] refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist | defile:
v. [더럽히지] pollute; make dirty or spotty |
deflate:
v. [폐의] reduce from an inflated condition; release contained air or gas from | deflect:
v. [편향] turn aside; draw someone's attention away from something |
defraud:
v. [속이다] deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device | deft:
a. [바구니] quick and skillful; neat in action or performance |
degrade:
v. [저하] reduce level; lower grade of something | delectable:
a. [즐거운] delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste |
delegate:
n. [대리인] a person authorized to act as a representative for another; deputy | delirium:
n. [정신 착란] a mental disorder marked by confusion |
delude:
v. [속이다] deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint | deluge:
n. [홍수] great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water |
demolish:
v. [철거] raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to | denomination:
n. [교단] class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect |
denote:
v. [상징] indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically | depict:
v. [축도] represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe |
deplete:
v. [고갈] decrease fullness of; use up or empty out | depletion:
n. [고갈] act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting |
deplore:
v. [유감] feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret | depress:
v. [우울] lower in spirits; press down |
derelict:
a. [남기다] left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty | derive:
v. [파생] obtain or receive from a source; trace the origin or development of |
descend:
v. [하강] move downward and lower; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood | designate:
v. [지정] indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to |
desolate:
a. [황량한] unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants | destine:
v. [예정해 두다] intend or choose someone or something for a particular purpose or end |
detach:
v. [분리] part; separate or disunite; disengage | detain:
v. [감금] keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay |
deter:
v. [억제] keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting | detriment:
n. [상해] harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss |
detrimental:
a. [수렴] causing damage or harm; injurious | devastate:
v. [뒤흔들] ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate |
deviate:
v. [이탈] turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge | devise:
v. [궁리] form, plan, or arrange in mind; transmit or give by will |
devour:
v. [삼킬] consume; eat greedily; destroy completely | diagnose:
v. [진단] analyze; examine; identify the cause of something |
diagram:
n. [다이어그램] graph; chart; figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement; plan | dialect:
n. [사투리] vocabulary that is for a specific group of people |
diameter:
n. [지름] length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference | differentiate:
v. [차별화] set apart; distinguish; perceive or show the difference in or between |
diffuse:
v. [확산] spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely | dilapidated:
a. [황폐한] in disrepair, run-down; of very poor quality or condition |
dilate:
v. [팽창] make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen | diligent:
a. [부지런한] assiduous; industrious; hard-working |
dilute:
v. [희석] weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water | diminish:
v. [감소] dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so |
din:
n. [딘의] loud, confused, harsh noise; loud, continuous, rattling, or clanging sound | dingy:
a. [거무죽죽한] darkened with smoke and grime; dirty or discolored |
diplomat:
n. [외교관] one who is in charge to deal with others, like an ambassador, who is appointed to represent a government | disarray:
v. [혼란] throw into disorder; break the array of. |
discard:
v. [삭제] throw out something from one's hand; get rid of | discern:
v. [분별] detect; perceive, recognize, or understand something that is not clear |
disclose:
v. [공개] unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view | discord:
n. [불화] conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things |
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